DeepSeek overtook all Silicon Valley AI providers in June 2026 to become the top-paid AI service by US businesses, as American firms make direct payments to the Chinese lab for dramatically cheaper enterprise AI....
Foxconn and Intel announced a sweeping AI infrastructure partnership at Computex 2026, targeting enterprise data centers with full-stack solutions and 2,000 racks/week production. Both companies are struggling in core businesses, making this a high-stakes survival bet against Nvidia dominance....
Tencent declares WeChat AI its top strategic priority and launches WorkBuddy globally, transforming its 1.3 billion-user super app into an AI agent platform and challenging the global AI messaging market....
AI music startup Suno doubles valuation to $5.4B while fighting major copyright lawsuits from Universal, Sony, and Warner Music Group, signaling market confidence in AI-generated content despite legal uncertainty....
Microsoft launches Scout, an always-on AI Autopilot built on the OpenClaw open-source framework, integrating across Microsoft 365 and validating open agent standards for enterprise AI....
OpenAI expands Codex beyond developers with six role-specific plugins for white-collar work and a new "Sites" feature for hosted interactive workspaces, directly challenging Microsoft Scout and vertical AI startups....
Huawei unveils chip architectural workaround to bypass US sanctions, achieving 1.4nm-equivalent density without EUV equipment — a 'DeepSeek moment' for semiconductors....
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang hosted Korean tech leaders in Taipei to secure supply chains and partnerships as US-China chip tensions escalate....
China issues new rules tightening control over overseas tech deals while simultaneously pushing to export AI tokens from Shantou data centers to Southeast Asia. Two policies, one strategy: lock down the technology, monetize the output....
US Commerce Department closes year-old loophole allowing Chinese firms to access advanced Nvidia and AMD chips via Southeast Asian subsidiaries, accelerating the full bifurcation of the global AI supply chain....
